I know additive is a new thing…new companies…but this is not how you survive in the manufacturing world. I am more irritated that no one at Formlabs can finally get me a running system as I was sold on full support in keeping this thing going and not yet to have a single voice call, zoom call or even the in person service I was expected to receive. I’m also tired of just being expected to install new parts myself to get this new unit running. I am a little lost for words at the moment and extremely irritated as if they truly think this is now a dozer issue on a second brand new machine…well then I guess I am unlucky as this supposedly “never happens”. They are sending an entirely new chamber to cancel that out but as of this morning and my multiple photos and videos of the failures…they are now also sending me a “dozer assembly and expecting me to fully disassemble the brand new Fuse 1+ to replace this dozer as a possible issue”… NOTE: These two $3500 (each) chambers I’m fully dissembling (they sent me the service manual for them too) have less than two dozen print jobs on them…and here I am pulling them apart to troubleshoot them. Ran another print and the same failures with cracking along the edge of chamber in the initial powder prime and preheating. I assumed this was to do with the original two chambers we had getting screwed up when the first Fuse 1 cooked itself after the December Firmware update but in the past week, I have swapped gaskets with no luck and last night I fully disassembled the Chamber bed on one unit and did maintenance on the fiber gasket and metal mesh tube buffer around the edges till I thought I had a pretty good mechanically operating chamber. It arrived last week and it has not run anything as it is showing the same problems. You can go read them all and particularly the FUSE 1 IS DEAD thread before this but essentially…we are still down without a Formlabs system that will work.Īfter all the issues we had and the last Fuse 1, Sift and chamber being faulty, in which we were told is extremely rare and never happens, we were finally “allowed” to pay another $12k to get a Fuse 1+ 30 as a replacement to the faulty Fuse 1 we’ve been dealing with. To find out more about Formlabs PreForm, call us on 01765 694 007, send us an email at or book a discovery call with one of our Formlabs specialists, Elaine Rutledge or Tammy O’Neill.This is a follow up report on all the issues we’ve had with Formlabs and the Fuse 1 system as a whole. For example, you can integrate PreForm with your ERP system to schedule manufacturing output. You can also export directly to ERP and MES systems, giving you a way to integrate PreForm into your business’s systems seamlessly. Integrations include Solidworks, Rhino, Onshape, 3Shape, NetFabb and Fusion 360. PreForm integrates with many CAD systems, allowing you to send CAD designs to PreForm with one click or import directly into PreForm. You can queue prints, scale in your team and access PreForm anywhere remotely. You can also enable SMS alerts and email notifications, so you are notified when prints reach a milestone, such as 50% completed or 80% there. You can compare printer performance and manage inventory easily, with a clear readout for resin tanks and consumables. PreForm monitors prints and material usable in real-time, giving you comprehensive insights into your activity. PreForm allows the management of more than one printer and connects them together. You can schedule prints in PreForm and manage your printers. From slice to print, you can be done in minutes. It slices your model for your printer, automating layout, orientation, and supports, so all you need to do is press print. When you upload an STL or OBJ file into PreForm, it’s already connected to your Formlabs printer, so it knows what you want to do. Third-party software exists but PreForm is the only software built for Formlabs. If you own a Formlabs printer, you should always use PreForm. Unlike open-source slicing programs that are geared for FFF 3D printers, PreForm is designed specifically for SLA (Stereolithography), LFS (Light Force Stereolithography) and SLS (Selective Laser Sintering), supporting Formlabs 3D printers only. All you need to do is design your model in standard CAD software, then import the STL or OBJ file into PreForm and it will do the rest. PreForm takes your 3D model file and slices it into the universal language of 3D printers, G-code. What is Formlabs PreForm Software, and what does it do? This article provides an introduction to Formlabs’ slicing software.įormlabs Preform Software is proprietary slicing software for Formlabs 3D printers, meaning you need a Formlabs printer to use it.
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